Interior Northern California is expected to swelter through the hottest weather of the year so far on Friday and Saturday. But officials say all those running air conditioners won't strain the state’s electricity grid.

For six years, the National Security Agency has been able to pluck data -- including e-mails, videos, pictures, and connection logs -- from the main servers of Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other leading U.S. tech companies, according to reports by The Washington Post and The Guardian.

A flood of indictments is capping off an eight-month sting by the Regional Auto Task Force known as RATT. Cars, guns and military equipment stolen from Camp Pendleton were recovered during the operation.

With just over a week to go until the California legislature’s June 15th constitutional budget deadline, Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg says he’s “relatively confident” a deal will be reached in time.

Tropical Storm Andrea has made landfall on Florida's Big Bend area, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reports. As of 5:45 p.m. ET, the center's tracking system placed the storm on the state's Gulf coast, level with Gainesville. Andrea is expected to spread rain and strong winds along the Southeastern coast tonight and Friday.

American sprinter Justin Gatlin has beaten Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt in the 100 meters, edging Bolt by one hundredth of a second at a meet in Rome. It's Gatlin's first win over Bolt in the four times the two have raced each other.

Dr. Karen Sciascia of Red Hill, Pa., has delivered thousands of babies in her career. But on a vacation to Montana this week, she helped deliver another life from danger, as she and her fishing guide saved a baby moose that was separated from its mother as they crossed a river.

New Councilwoman Myrtle Cole is calling for as much as $1 million in the upcoming fiscal year to develop two plans to speed up infrastructure projects in southeast San Diego, according to city documents released late Wednesday.

Vincent “Vinnie” Pompei will never forget the first time he witnessed the bullying. He was a newly-hired teacher at a Los Angeles County middle school. It was recess, and when he heard the words one child shouted to another, it struck a chord deep inside, leaving him cold and shaking.

When it comes to collaboration, seems to me that the key to success is in finding balance. At least, that’s been the case for Max Disposti and Carolyn Bolton, who for the past five years have been working together effectively. And, the way they make it work is by building on each other’s strengths.

Two separate Riverside County juries found three ex-Camp Pendleton Marines guilty of first-degree murder in the brutal killings of MCAS Marine Sgt. Jan Pietrzak and his wife, Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak in 2008.

Controversy is raging over a court order allowing the FBI and the National Security Agency to seize aggregate information of millions of Verizon customer phone calls. The scale is massive and indiscriminate, and the American Civil Liberties Union said it "could hardly be more alarming." The Obama administration defends the collection, saying it's necessary for protecting national security.

The different branches of the U.S. military currently use ten different patterns of camouflage for their uniforms. But under a measure passed Wednesday by the House Armed Services Committee, the services would have to agree on one common pattern.

More than 600 mostly disadvantaged farming communities statewide rely on contaminated groundwater, mostly from nitrates. The EPA says the state is in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Lawmakers are hoping legislation will fix the problem.

Chinese computer maker Lenovo celebrated the opening of its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Whitsett, N.C., on Wednesday. The company is trying to boost its brand and U.S. market share. Other high-tech firms, including Motorola, have announced plans to manufacture in the U.S.